2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
MSU received the ball first and moved right down the field, moving to the Tulsa 15 yard line before Brian Lewerke hit Connor Heyward on a swing pass for a touchdown and an early 7–0 lead. The MSU defense took over from there forcing Tulsa to punt on consecutive possessions while MSU turned the ball over on downs and was forced to punt on their next two possessions. At the start of the second half, the Spartans blocked a Tulsa punt ad took over at the Tulsa 24.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
However, the MSU offense could not manage more than four yards and settled for a Matt Coghlin 28 yard field goal and a 10–0 lead. DE Kenny Willekes recovered a fumble on the ensuing Tulsa possession and MSU settled for another Cochlin field goal. On the next Tulsa possession, a bad shotgun snap ended up going out the back of the Tulsa endzone for safety to give the Spartans a 15–0 lead.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
The MSU offense moved the ball steadily down the field again, but with fourth and one at the Tulsa nine-yard line, Rocky Lombardi was stopped short and the Spartans again turned the ball over on downs. However, MSU's defense again picked up the slack for the offense as Raequan Williams combined with Willekes for a sack, forcing a fumble that Willekes recovered in the endzone. The score pushed MSU's lead to 22–0. MSU's defense intercepted the next Tulsa pass, setting up MSU at Tulsa's 30-yard line. However, the Spartans again settled for a Coghlin field goal and a 25–0 lead. With just over two minutes remaining in the half, Tulsa moved 85 yards down the field and capped the drive with a 28-yard touchdown pass to narrow the lead to 25–7 at the half.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
In the second half, the MSU defense continued its dominance forcing punts on all three of the Tulsa possessions in the third quarter. MSU's offense failed to manage much more, settling for another Coghlin field goal to push the lead to 28–7. Neither offense managed anything else for the remainder of the game as the Spartans won 28–7. The Spartans held Tulsa to -73 yards rushing, limiting the Hurricane to 80 total offensive yards. MSU's offense managed 195 yards through the air and 108 yards rushing in the easy win, but failed to score more than one touchdown.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, at Northwestern
Following a stunning loss at home to Arizona State the week prior, the Spartans would open conference play on the road in an inter-divisional match up against the Northwestern Wildcats.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, at Northwestern
The Spartans would receive the opening kickoff and march directly down the field with a 9 play, 75-yard drive capped off by an Elijah Collins touchdown run of 5-yards, giving MSU an early 7–0 lead. The defense would force a punt on the ensuing Northwestern offensive possession; however, Cody White would fumble on the punt return, giving Northwestern favorable field position at the MSU 27-yard line. The Wildcats drove to the MSU 1-yard line, but were unable to score as the Spartan defense stood tall with a goal line stand, forcing a turnover on downs.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, at Northwestern
Northwestern would add a field goal on their next offensive possession, bringing the score to 7–3, Michigan State. Shortly before the half, Northwestern would drive to midfield before a Hunter Johnson pass was intercepted by Josiah Scott at the MSU 38-yard line, giving the Spartan offense favorable field position with a little under 2 minutes remaining in the half. The offense would take advantage of the turnover, going on an 11 play, 62-yard drive capped off by an 11-yard touchdown pass from Brian Lewerke to Cody White. Michigan State took a 14–3 lead heading into halftime.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, at Northwestern
Michigan State would expand its lead late in the 3rd quarter after Brian Lewerke connected with Matt Seybert on an 8-yard touchdown pass, giving them a 21–3 lead. The Spartans would score again on their next possession on a Matt Coghlin 26-yard field goal (prior to this conversion, Coghlin had missed 4 straight field goal attempts). After 3 quarters of action, MSU led 24–3.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, at Northwestern
Following a Drew Beasley interception, State would add to their lead early in the 4th quarter after Brian Lewerke would once again connect with Matt Seybert, this time on a 7-yard touchdown pass, giving them a 31–3 lead. Northwestern would finally score a touchdown on a Drake Anderson 2-yard run with under 3 minutes remaining, putting the final score at 31–10. With the win, the Spartans snapped a 3-game losing streak against Northwestern and Mark Dantonio earned his 110th victory as head coach at MSU, surpassing Duffy Daugherty to become the all time winningest head coach in Michigan State football history.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Indiana
After a dominating road victory over Northwestern, the Spartans returned to East Lansing for Homecoming to host rival Indiana.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Indiana
After opting to receive the opening kickoff, the Spartan offense drove all the way to the Indiana 25-yard line before Matt Coghlin missed a 43-yard field goal attempt. Following a defensive stop, MSU would get the ball back and score a touchdown on an Elijah Collins 5-yard run, giving them a 7–0 lead. Several possessions later, Indiana would tie the game on a 28-yard touchdown pass to Whop Philyor from Michael Penix Jr.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Indiana
The Spartans would retake the lead on their next possession early in the 2nd quarter on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Brian Lewerke to Darrell Stewart, giving them a 14–7 lead. Indiana would tie the game several possessions later with a lengthy 10 play, 80-yard drive capped off by a 2-yard rush touchdown by Penix Jr. After trading possessions, the Michigan State offense would receive the ball at their own 44-yard line with just under a minute left to play in the half. Brian Lewerke would guide the offense down the field, finding Darrell Stewart on a 26-yard passing touchdown with just under 30 seconds remaining in the half. The Spartans would take a 21–14 lead heading into halftime.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Indiana
The Hoosiers would receive the ball to start the 2nd half and would put together another lengthy drive of 12 plays, 81-yards, and taking 6:32 off the clock, settling for a Logan Justus 26-yard field goal to put the score at 21–17, MSU.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Indiana
The Spartan offense would move the ball to the Indiana 46-yard line before being forced to punt, giving the ball right back to the Indiana offense who would score after a 13 play, 80-yard drive capped off by a Donovan Hale 12-yard touchdown reception from Penix Jr., giving them their first and only lead of the game at 24–21.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Indiana
The Spartan offense would receive great field position after a Brandon Sowards punt return of 22-yards (which was aided by a procedure penalty against Indiana that tacked on an additional 5-yards to the return) set them up at the IU 26-yard line. Several plays later, Brian Lewerke would connect with Matt Seybert on a 10-yard touchdown pass, with Michigan State retaking the lead 28–21. After a defensive stop, the Spartans would add onto their lead with a Matt Coghlin 44-yard field goal, putting the score at 31–24, MSU.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Indiana
The Hoosiers would tie the game at 31 apiece on their next possession on a Whop Philyor 11-yard touchdown pass from Michael Penix Jr. With 2 minutes remaining in the game, the Michigan State offense would take possession of the ball. On the first play of the drive, Brian Lewerke would connect with Darrell Stewart for a 44-yard completion, immediately putting MSU in field goal range.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Indiana
They would drive all the way to the Indiana 3-yard line, taking the clock all the way down to 8 seconds before Matt Coghlin would make the go ahead 21-yard field goal, giving MSU a 34–31 lead; Indiana would receive the ball with 5 seconds remaining. With time running out, Michael Penix Jr. would fumble the ball after a lateral, and Michael Dowell would recover the ball in the end zone to end the game on a defensive touchdown, giving MSU a 40–31 victory.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, vs. Wake Forest (Pinstripe Bowl)
Wake Forest jumped out to a 7–0 lead, when quarterback Jamie Newman hit Kendall Hinton for a 29-yard touchdown pass. The Spartans scored ten unanswered points, first on a Matt Coghlin field goal and then on a 15-yard interception return by Mike Panasiuk, to take the lead, 10–7. The Demon Deacons regained the lead on a second quarter touchdown pass from Newman to Donovan Greene, making the score 14–10. The Spartans answered again, scoring a touchdown on an 8-yard scramble by quarterback Brian Lewerke to go ahead 17–14.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, vs. Wake Forest (Pinstripe Bowl)
Newman then threw his third TD pass, this time to Jack Freudenthal, putting Wake Forest up 21–17. MSU tightened the gap to 21–20 with another Coghlin field goal just before halftime. In the third quarter, the lead changed for the fifth time, as Lewerke connected with Cody White for a 10-yard touchdown pass to give MSU a 27–21 lead. MSU failed to put more points on the board with two turnovers in Demon Deacon territory and a missed field goal. However, the Spartan defense was up to the task, holding Wake Forest scoreless in the second half.


2019 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, vs. Wake Forest (Pinstripe Bowl)
Brian Lewerke, who threw for 320 yards and one touchdown while adding 46 rushing yards and a touchdown, was named the game's Most Valuable Player. With 366 total yards, Lewerke surpassed Connor Cook as the all-time Spartans leader in yards from scrimmage.


2019 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team
The 2019 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team represented Michigan State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The program was coached by 11th year head coach, Damon Rensing. It was the 64th season the university fielded a men's varsity soccer team, and their 29th season in the Big Ten Conference.


2019 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team, Background
The 2018 campaign was one of the most successful college soccer seasons in Spartan soccer history. The program reached their first College Cup in 50 years, where they lost in the semifinals to eventual national runners-up, Akron. Michigan State goalkeeper, Jimmy Hague, won the Big Ten Conference Goalkeeper of the Year Award. Hague, Ken Krolicki, and Jimmy Fiscus were named to the All-Big Ten first-team. DeJuan Jones and Ryan Sierakowski were named to the All-Big Ten second-team. Sierakowski lead the Spartans in goals in 2018 scoring eight goals in 23 appearances. Giuseppe Barone lead the team in assists in 2018, dishing out 10 assists in 23 matches. Jones, Sierakowski, and Hague were all selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.


2019 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team, Background
Following the conclusion of the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, two of the three assistant coaches to Damon Rensing left the program. Micah Collins, who entered his first year as an assistant coach in 2018 remains on the coaching staff. Long-time assistant coach, Ben Pirmann, left the program to be an assistant coach with the USL Championship (U.S. second division) club, Memphis 901 FC. Michigan State University hired Northwestern associate head coach, Joe Ahearn, as an assistant coach to replace Pirmann. Additionally, assistant coach, Cale Wassermann left the program to take the head coaching job for the SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer program. The program hired former Akron assistant coach, T.J. Kolba to replace Wassermann.


2019 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team, Preseason, Preseason Big Ten poll
Michigan State was predicted to finish fourth in the Big Ten Conference.


2019 Michigan Wolverines baseball team
The 2019 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Erik Bakich in his seventh season, were a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Wolverines finished the season with a 50–22 record, including 16–7 in conference play, marking their first 50 win season since 1987.


2019 Michigan Wolverines baseball team
The Wolverines received an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. They defeated Creighton in the regional finals and UCLA in the super regionals to advance to the College World Series for the first time since 1984. They became the first Big Ten Conference team to advance to the College World Series since Indiana in 2013, and the first Big Ten Conference team to advance to the championship round in the College World Series since Ohio State in 1966.


2019 Michigan Wolverines baseball team, Previous season
The Wolverines finished the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season 33–21 overall, including 15–8 in conference play, finishing in third place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wolverines qualified to play in the 2018 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament. The Wolverines would eventually lose in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to Ohio State by a score of 3–5.


2019 Michigan Wolverines baseball team, Preseason
Michigan was the only Big Ten Conference team to appear in every national preseason top-25 ranking. The Wolverines were ranked No. 17 by D1Baseball, No. 20 by Baseball America, No. 23 by NCBWA and No. 25 by ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll in their respective preseason polls.


2019 Michigan Wolverines baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2019 Michigan Wolverines baseball team, Major League Baseball Draft
The following Wolverines were selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft:


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 2019 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolverines competed in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan was coached by Jim Harbaugh, who was in his fifth season.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team
Coming off a Peach Bowl appearance in 2018, Michigan began the year as slight favorites to win the Big Ten Conference, and were ranked seventh in the preseason AP Poll. Under the leadership of new offensive coordinator Josh Gattis, the Wolverine offense struggled in the early part of the season. In the second game of the year, Michigan escaped with an overtime win against Army. Two weeks later, the team was soundly defeated by Wisconsin, 35–14. Analysts saw as a turning point for the offense its second half performance against then-No. 7


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team
Penn State, but Michigan's comeback attempt failed as it lost 28–21. The team defeated rivals Notre Dame and Michigan State in blowouts at home, but ended the regular season with a loss to Ohio State, its eighth straight loss in the series. Michigan was invited to the Citrus Bowl to play Alabama, where it lost 35–16 to end the year at 9–4, 6–3 in Big Ten play.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team
The offense was led by senior quarterback Shea Patterson, who became just the third Wolverine passer to ever eclipse the 3,000 yards passing mark. Offensive linemen Ben Bredeson and Jon Runyan Jr. were both named first-team all-conference. The defense was led by first-team all-conference cornerback Lavert Hill, as well as second-team selections Kwity Paye and Josh Uche on the defensive line, and linebacker Khaleke Hudson.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason, Coaching changes
Michigan defensive line coach Greg Mattison and linebackers coach Al Washington both left to take jobs at Ohio State in early January 2019. Michigan announced the hiring of Josh Gattis as offensive coordinator on January 10. He previously was the wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator at Alabama for one season. Head coach Jim Harbaugh also announced the hiring of former Boston College co-defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile as a defensive assistant and former Arizona State assistant Shaun Nua to be the new defensive line coach. Assistant head coach and passing game coordinator Pep Hamilton left the team in February. He had been one of the nation's highest paid assistants in 2018.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason, Player news
The team released a statement in February 2019 that running back Chris Evans, who was set to be the Wolverines' leading returning rusher, was no longer with the program. Evans announced on Twitter that he had "academic issues" and planned to continue his career at Michigan. In June, Coach Harbaugh confirmed that Evans would be suspended for the 2019 season.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason, Recruiting
Michigan's 2019 recruiting class consisted of 26 signees, including eight that enrolled early. The class was ranked as the nation's 8th best by 247Sports and ESPN, and 10th by Rivals. It was the highest ranked class in the Big Ten Conference by all three recruiting services.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason, Preseason Big Ten poll
Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2019 poll, Michigan was voted as the favorite to win both the East Division and the Big Ten Championship Game.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Radio
Radio coverage for all games will be broadcast statewide on The Michigan IMG Sports Network and on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. The radio announcers are Jim Brandstatter with play-by-play, Dan Dierdorf with color commentary, and Doug Karsch with sideline reports.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee
To open the season, Michigan hosted the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee
Michigan defeated Middle Tennessee 40–21. Middle Tennessee opened the scoring in the first quarter with an 18-yard touchdown run from Asher O'Hara, to take its first and only lead of the game. Michigan responded with a 34-yard field goal by Jake Moody, and a 36-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Tarik Black to take the lead. Michigan scored 17 points in the second quarter on a 28-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Nico Collins, a 28-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Sean McKeon, and a 27-yard field goal by Moody.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee responded with a two-yard touchdown pass from O'Hara to Jarrin Pierce, which made the score 27–14 in favor of Michigan at half-time. Michigan extended its lead in the third quarter on a six-yard touchdown run from Dylan McCaffrey. The teams exchanged touchdowns in the fourth quarter on a one-yard touchdown run from Ben VanSumeren for Michigan, and a 59-yard touchdown pass from O'Hara to Jimmy Marshall for Middle Tennessee.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee
Freshman running back Zach Charbonnet became the first Wolverine true freshman to start at tailback in a season opener since Sam McGuffie in 2008, and just the fourth player to do since 1944.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Army
Following its opening game against Middle Tennessee, Michigan hosted the Army Black Knights. This was the first meeting between the schools since 1962. Michigan won the previous meeting 17–7.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Army
Michigan defeated Army 24–21 in double overtime. Army opened the scoring in the first quarter with a one-yard touchdown run from Sandon McCoy. Michigan responded with a two-yard touchdown run from Zach Charbonnet. Army regained the lead in the second quarter on a one-yard touchdown run from Kelvin Hopkins Jr., which made the score 14–7 in favor of Army at half-time. Early in the second half, Army found itself in the red zone with an opportunity to take a two-score lead, however Hopkins threw an interception to Lavert Hill.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Army
Michigan responded with a one-yard touchdown run from Charbonnet to tie the game with 2:24 remaining in the third quarter. The game was scoreless for the remainder of regulation, and freshman Army kicker Cole Talley missed the would-be game-winning 50-yard field goal as time expired, after which the game went to overtime. In overtime, Army scored on a six-yard touchdown run from Hopkins. Michigan responded with a three-yard touchdown run from Charbonnet to force double overtime. In double overtime, Michigan scored on a 43-yard field goal by Moody. On Army's ensuing possession, Hopkins was sacked by Kwity Paye and Aidan Hutchinson, and the ball was fumbled and recovered by Josh Uche to seal the victory for the Wolverines.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Army
Freshman running back Charbonnet had his first 100-yard rushing game, and posted three touchdowns. Michigan's defense held Army to just two pass completions on five attempts. It was the fewest completions by a Wolverine opponent since Rutgers also posted two pass completions in 2016.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Wisconsin
After playing Army and having a bye week, Michigan traveled to Madison to face the Wisconsin Badgers in its Big Ten Conference opener. Last season, Michigan defeated Wisconsin 38–13.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Wisconsin
Michigan lost to Wisconsin 35–14. Wisconsin scored 14 points in the first quarter on two touchdown runs from Jonathan Taylor, from one-yard and 72-yards, respectively. Wisconsin added 14 points in the second quarter on two touchdown runs from Jack Coan, from 25-yards and two-yards, respectively, which made the score 28–0 in favor of Wisconsin at half-time. Wisconsin extended its lead in the third quarter on a two-yard touchdown run from Coan.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Wisconsin
Michigan finally got on the board late in the third quarter with a six-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Sean McKeon, and a two-point conversion pass from Patterson to Tarik Black, to avoid a shutout. Michigan scored the only points of the fourth quarter on a five-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Donovan Peoples-Jones.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Following its game against Wisconsin, Michigan hosted the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Last season, Michigan won in a blowout, 42–7.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Michigan defeated Rutgers in a blowout 52–0. Michigan scored 14 points in the first quarter on a 48-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Nico Collins, and a two-yard touchdown run from Patterson. Michigan added 10 points in the second quarter on a four-yard touchdown run from Patterson and a 33-yard field goal by Jake Moody, which made the score 24–0 in favor of Michigan at half-time. Michigan added 14 points in the third quarter on a seven-yard touchdown run from Christian Turner and a one-yard touchdown run from Patterson. Michigan added 14 more points in the fourth quarter on a one-yard touchdown run from Joe Milton and a 23-yard touchdown pass from Milton to Giles Jackson.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
This was Michigan's first shutout victory since defeating Rutgers 78–0 in 2016. Patterson became the sixth quarterback in program history to rush for three touchdowns in a game, and the first to do so since Devin Gardner in 2013. Michigan's defense held Rutgers to 152 yards of total offense and just 2.9 yards per play. The last time Michigan held an opponent under 200 yards was Penn State (186) last season. Dan Jokisch, Alan Selzer and German Green all made their Michigan debuts during the game.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Iowa
After facing Rutgers, Michigan hosted the Iowa Hawkeyes in its homecoming game. This was the first meeting between the two teams since 2016. In the previous meeting, Iowa upset Michigan, 13–14.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Iowa
Michigan defeated Iowa 10–3. Michigan scored ten points in the first quarter on a 28-yard field goal by Jake Moody and a two-yard touchdown run from Zach Charbonnet. In the second quarter, Iowa responded with a 22-yard field goal by Keith Duncan, which made the score 10–3 in favor of Michigan at half-time. Both teams were held scoreless during the second half of the game.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Iowa
Michigan's defense forced four turnovers, including three interceptions and one fumble and held Iowa to one rushing yard, the Hawkeyes averaged 217.5 rushing yards per game entering the game. The Wolverine's posted a season-high eight sacks, the first time they recorded at least five sacks in a game since 2017 against Purdue. This was Michigan's third game this season with multiple turnovers forced.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
After its homecoming game against Iowa, Michigan traveled to Champaign, Illinois to face the Illinois Fighting Illini. This was the first meeting between the two teams since 2016. Michigan won the previous meeting, 41–8.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
Michigan defeated Illinois 42–25. Michigan scored 14 points in the first quarter on a 29-yard touchdown run from Hassan Haskins and a 25-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Luke Schoonmaker. Michigan added 14 points in the second quarter on a seven-yard touchdown run from Zach Charbonnet and a four-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Nick Eubanks. Illinois finally got on the board late in the first half on a 23-yard touchdown pass from Matt Robinson to Josh Imatorbhebhe, which made the score 28–7 in favor of Michigan at half-time.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
Illinois scored the only points of the third quarter on a 50-yard field goal by James McCourt and a one-yard touchdown run from Matt Robinson. Illinois opened the scoring in the fourth quarter on a one-yard touchdown run from Dre Brown, and a two-point conversion run from Brown, reducing Michigan's lead to three points. Michigan responded with 14 points on a five-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Donovan Peoples-Jones and a one-yard touchdown run from Patterson.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
Michigan recorded 162 rushing yards in the first quarter, the most by the Wolverines against a Big Ten opponent in the first quarter in 15 seasons. Michigan finished the game with a season-high 295 rushing yards. Freshman running back Zach Charbonnet had 108 rushing yards in the first half, becoming the first Wolverine to do so since Karan Higdon ran for 139 against Nebraska last season.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Penn State
Following its game against Illinois, Michigan traveled to Happy Valley to face the Penn State Nittany Lions. Last season, Michigan won in a blowout, 42–7.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Penn State
Michigan lost to Penn State 21–28 in Penn State's annual White Out game. Penn State opened the scoring in the first quarter on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Sean Clifford to Pat Freiermuth. Penn State added 14 points in the second quarter on a two-yard touchdown run from Clifford and a 25-yard touchdown pass from Clifford to K. J. Hamler. Michigan finally got on the board late in the first half on a 12-yard touchdown run from Zach Charbonnet.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Penn State
Michigan kicker Jake Moody missed a 52-yard field goal attempt in the final minute of the half, which made the score 21–7 in favor of Penn State at half-time. Michigan scored the only points of the third quarter on a 12-yard touchdown run from Charbonnet. The teams exchanged touchdowns in the fourth quarter on a 53-yard touchdown pass from Clifford to Hamler for Penn State and a one-yard touchdown run from Shea Patterson for Michigan with 8:48 remaining. Down by seven points, Michigan forced a Penn State three-and-out and regained possession with 6:46 to go. Michigan drove the length of the field and advanced to the Penn State three yard line. On fourth and goal, Patterson's pass to Ronnie Bell was dropped by Bell in the endzone. Penn State then wound down the final 2:01 to win the game.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
After its game against Penn State, Michigan hosted the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to rekindle its long-running rivalry. Last season, Michigan lost to Notre Dame in a season-opening match-up, 24–17.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Michigan defeated Notre Dame 45–14 in a game played in driving rain. On Michigan's first offensive possession, it was held to a three-and-out, but on the ensuing punt, the ball was fumbled by the Notre Dame return man and recovered by Michigan's Daxton Hill. Michigan stalled at the goal line and settled for a 21-yard field goal by Jake Moody. Michigan's next possession carried over into the second quarter and ended with a seven-yard touchdown run from Zach Charbonnet.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Michigan forced another Notre Dame punt, and scored another touchdown on its next drive, this one from one yard out by Charbonnet. The score was 17–0 in favor of Michigan at half-time. Notre Dame finally got on the board in the third quarter on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Ian Book to Cole Kmet. Michigan responded with an eight-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Donovan Peoples-Jones.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Michigan added 21 points in the fourth quarter on a 16-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Nico Collins, a 27-yard touchdown run from Tru Wilson and a 26-yard touchdown pass from Dylan McCaffrey to Mike Sainristil. Down 45–7, Notre Dame scored on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Phil Jurkovec to Javon McKinley with 3:45 remaining, and Michigan wound down the rest of the clock on its next possession.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Michigan's 31-point victory marked its third-largest margin of victory against Notre Dame in series history. Michigan's defense held Notre Dame to 47 yards rushing on 31 carries, and 180 yards of total offense.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Maryland
After facing Notre Dame, Michigan traveled to College Park to face the Maryland Terrapins. Last season, following a 70-minute weather delay due to thunderstorms in the area, Michigan defeated Maryland 42–21.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Maryland
Michigan defeated Maryland 38–7. Michigan scored 14 points in the first quarter on a game-opening 97-yard kickoff return by Giles Jackson and a two-yard touchdown run from Zach Charbonnet on Michigan's first offensive possession. Michigan extended its lead in the second quarter on an eight-yard touchdown run from Charbonnet. Michigan's Jake Moody missed a 37-yard field goal attempt in the final seconds of the half, and the score was 21–0 Michigan at half-time. Michigan added 14 points in the third quarter on a five-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Nick Eubanks, and a 14-yard touchdown run from Hassan Haskins. Maryland finally got on the board late in the third quarter on a 97-yard kickoff return by Javon Leake. In the fourth quarter Michigan scored on a 38-yard field goal by Quinn Nordin.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Maryland
With two touchdowns in the game, running back Zach Charbonnet set a Michigan program record for the most touchdowns by a freshman with 11.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Michigan State
After its game against Maryland and having a second bye week, Michigan hosted its in-state rival, the Michigan State Spartans in the battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy. Last season, Michigan defeated Michigan State 21–7.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Michigan State
Michigan defeated Michigan State 44–10. Michigan State opened the scoring in the first quarter with a one-yard touchdown pass from Brian Lewerke to Max Rosenthal. Michigan punted on its first two possessions, but scored on each of its next eight. Michigan's first points came on the second play of the second quarter on a one-yard touchdown run from Hassan Haskins. Its next drive began on its two-yard line, and ended 12 plays and 98 yards later with a five-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Nick Eubanks.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Michigan State
Michigan kicker Quinn Nordin converted a 28-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the half, which made the score 17–7 in favor of Michigan at half-time. Michigan added 10 points in the third quarter on an 18-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Donovan Peoples-Jones and a 49-yard field goal by Nordin. Michigan State scored on a 35-yard field goal by Matt Coghlin. Michigan added 17 points in the fourth quarter on a 22-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Nico Collins, a 33-yard field goal by Nordin and a 39-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Cornelius Johnson.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Michigan State
Michigan's defense held Michigan State to 54 rushing yards and only 17 receptions, the Spartans' second lowest reception total of the season. Patterson's 384 yards and four touchdown passes represented career highs for him since transferring to Michigan. Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports called the game "a thoroughly dominating performance by the Wolverines", noting that Michigan's 44 points "are the most it has scored in a game against Michigan State since a 45–37 victory in 2004". According to MLive, the game was the most lopsided loss Mark Dantonio experienced in his 13 rivalry games, and it was also the largest margin of defeat for Michigan State against Michigan since a 49–3 loss in 2002.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Indiana
Following its game against in-state rival Michigan State, Michigan traveled to play its final road game against the Indiana Hoosiers. Last season, Michigan defeated Indiana 31–20.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Indiana
Michigan defeated Indiana 39–14. The teams exchanged touchdowns in the first quarter on a one-yard touchdown run from Stevie Scott III for Indiana, and a six-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Ronnie Bell for Michigan. Indiana regained the lead in the second quarter on a one-yard touchdown run from Peyton Ramsey. Michigan responded with 32 unanswered points. Michigan scored 14 points in the second quarter on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Donovan Peoples-Jones and a 24-yard touchdown pass from Patterson to Nico Collins, which made the score 21–14 in favor of Michigan at half-time. Michigan scored 18 points in the third quarter on a 27-yard field goal by Quinn Nordin, and two touchdown passes from Patterson to Collins, from 76-yards, and 19-yards, respectively. Both teams were held scoreless in the fourth quarter.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Indiana
Quarterback Shea Patterson finished the game 20-of-32 passing for 366 yards with five touchdowns, becoming the first Michigan quarterback with consecutive 300-yard games since Jake Rudock in 2015. He also became the first quarterback in program history to record four touchdown passes in consecutive games. Patterson's five touchdown passes were the second most by any quarterback in program history and the most during a regulation game.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Following its road finale against Indiana, Michigan hosted Ohio State, in the 116th playing of "The Game". Last season, Michigan was upset by Ohio State 62–39.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Michigan lost to Ohio State 56–27. Michigan opened the scoring in the first quarter on a 22-yard touchdown run from Giles Jackson, after which Quinn Nordin's extra point missed. Ohio State scored 14 points on a five-yard touchdown run from J. K. Dobbins and a 57-yard touchdown pass from Justin Fields to Chris Olave. Michigan responded with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Donovan Peoples-Jones, reducing the Buckeyes' lead to one. Ohio State added 14 points in the second quarter on two touchdown runs from Dobbins, from six-yards, and five-yards, respectively.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Michigan scored on a 23-yard field goal by Nordin, which made the score 28–16 in favor of Ohio State at half-time. Ohio State added 14 more points in the third quarter on two touchdown passes from Fields, a six-yard touchdown pass to K. J. Hill and a 30-yard touchdown pass to Garrett Wilson. Michigan scored on a 45-yard field goal by Nordin. In the fourth quarter, Michigan scored on a two-yard touchdown run from Hassan Haskins, followed by a two-point conversion run from Haskins. Ohio State again added 14 points on a 16-yard touchdown pass from Fields to Austin Mack, and a 33-yard touchdown run from Dobbins.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Ohio State extended its winning streak in the series to eight games, which became the longest streak by either team in series history. The Buckeyes also became the first team in the series to score 50 or more points in consecutive games. Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson completed 14 of 18 passes in the first half, but was 4 of 24 in the second half, which was the lowest completion percentage for an FBS quarterback in one half (attempting at least 20 passes) in at least 15 years.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
He threw for 305 yards and one touchdown, becoming the first quarterback in program history to throw for 300 or more yards in three consecutive games. With Giles Jackson's rushing touchdown in the first quarter, he became the second true freshmen in program history to score touchdowns via kick return, receiving and rushing in his first season, following Gil Chapman in 1972.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs. Alabama (Citrus Bowl)
On December 8, Michigan was selected to play in the Citrus Bowl against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Michigan lost the most recent meeting between the teams 41–14 in the 2012 Cowboys Classic. This was Michigan's 48th bowl game appearance, and its sixth appearance in the Citrus Bowl.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs. Alabama (Citrus Bowl)
Michigan lost to Alabama 35–16. Alabama opened the scoring in the first quarter on an 85-yard touchdown pass from Mac Jones to Jerry Jeudy. Michigan responded with ten points on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Nick Eubanks, and a 36-yard field goal by Quinn Nordin to take its first lead of the game. Michigan extended its lead in the second quarter on a 42-yard field goal by Nordin. Alabama responded with a nine-yard touchdown run from Najee Harris to regain the lead.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs. Alabama (Citrus Bowl)
Quinn Nordin then kicked a Citrus Bowl record 57-yard field goal as time expired in the first half, which made the score 16–14 in favor of Michigan at half-time. Michigan was held scoreless in the second half, as Alabama scored 21 unanswered points. Alabama scored the only points in the third quarter on a 42-yard touchdown pass from Jones to DeVonta Smith to regain the lead. Alabama scored 14 points in the fourth quarter on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Jones to Miller Forristall and a two-yard touchdown run from Harris.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, vs. Alabama (Citrus Bowl)
Quarterback Shea Patterson finished the season with 3,061 passing yards, becoming the third quarterback in program history to pass for over 3,000 yards in a season, following John Navarre (3,331 yards in 2003) and Jake Rudock (3,017 yards in 2015). Quinn Nordin converted a 57-yard field goal at the end of the first half, the longest field goal in Citrus Bowl history, and tying the record for the longest field goal made in Michigan program history.


2019 Michigan Wolverines football team, 2020 NFL Draft
The 2020 NFL Draft was held remotely (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) from April 23–25. Michigan tied a program record, and had the second most selections in the draft, with 10 players chosen. Three additional Michigan players were signed to NFL teams as undrafted free agents.


2019 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team
The 2019 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team is the college's 20th season of playing organized men's college soccer. It is the Wolverines' 20th season playing in the Big Ten Conference.


2019 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team, Preseason, Preseason Big Ten poll
Michigan was predicted to finish third in the Big Ten Conference.


2019 Micronesian Constitutional Convention election
Constitutional Convention elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 5 November 2019. The elections were held following a referendum in March 2019, in which 61% of voters voted in favour of calling a convention.


2019 Micronesian Constitutional Convention election
The Convention had 24 delegates; 11 from Chuuk State, 7 from Pohnpei State and three each from Kosrae State and Yap State.


2019 Micronesian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 5 March 2019, alongside a referendum on calling a Constitutional Convention. All 14 seats in Congress were up for election, and all 13 incumbents standing for re-election were returned to Congress.


2019 Micronesian parliamentary election
A majority of voters voted in favour of calling a Constitutional Convention, which was subsequently elected on 5 November 2019.


2019 Micronesian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 14 members of Congress were elected by two methods; ten are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting for two year terms. Four were at-large Senator, with one elected from each state for a four-year term.


2019 Micronesian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Following the elections, the President and Vice-President are elected by the Congress, with only the four at-large Senators allowed to be candidates.


2019 Micronesian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Unlike a constitutional referendum, which requires 75% of the vote in three of the four states to vote in favour in order for the proposal to be approved, referendums on calling constitutional referendums require only a simple majority of the vote.


2019 Micronesian parliamentary election, Campaign
A total of 32 candidates were originally registered to contest the elections, although Chuuk Electoral District 1 candidate Mithasy Mark later dropped out, leaving Florencio Singkoro Harper to run unopposed. Former President Joseph Urusemal was the only candidate for the Senatorial seat in Yap State, whilst Victor Gouland ran unopposed in Electoral District 2 in Chuuk State.


2019 Micronesian parliamentary election, Referendums
A national referendum was held alongside the parliamentary election in which voters were asked whether they were in favor of calling a constitutional convention.


2019 Micronesian parliamentary election, Referendums
An independence referendum was scheduled to be held in Chuuk State on the same day, but was postponed.


2019 Micronesian parliamentary election, Results, Referendum
The referendum proposal was approved by 61% of voters overall. A majority was in favour in Kosrae and Pohnpei, but it was rejected in Chuuk and Yap. However, as an overall majority of voters approved the proposal, a Constitutional Convention was elected on 5 November 2019.


2019 Mid Devon District Council election
The 2019 Mid Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Mid Devon District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. At the elections the Conservatives lost control of the council, with no party winning an overall majority.


2019 Mid Suffolk District Council election
The 2019 Mid Suffolk District Council election took place on the 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mid Suffolk District Council in England.


2019 Mid Sussex District Council election
The 2019 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mid Sussex District Council in West Sussex, England.


2019 Mid Sussex District Council election
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


2019 Mid Ulster District Council election
The 2019 Mid Ulster District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mid Ulster District Council in Northern Ireland. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Mid Ulster District Council election, Results by Electoral Area, Carntogher
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2014–2019 Change: No change


2019 Mid Ulster District Council election, Results by Electoral Area, Clogher Valley
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2014–2019 Change: No change


2019 Mid Ulster District Council election, Results by Electoral Area, Cookstown
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2014–2019 Change: No change


2019 Mid Ulster District Council election, Results by Electoral Area, Dungannon
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent2014–2019 Change: No change


2019 Mid Ulster District Council election, Results by Electoral Area, Magherafelt
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2014–2019 Change: DUP gain one seat from UUP


2019 Mid Ulster District Council election, Results by Electoral Area, Moyola
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP2014–2019 Change: No change


2019 Mid Ulster District Council election, Results by Electoral Area, Torrent
2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent2014–2019 Change: Independent gain one seat from Sinn Féin


2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election
Elections to Mid and East Antrim District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.


2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election, Results by party
The overall turnout was 47.94% with a total of 46,807 valid votes cast. A total of 556 ballots were rejected.


2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election, Results by electoral area, Ballymena
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain one seat each from DUP and UUP


2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election, Results by electoral area, Bannside
2014: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2014-2019 Change: No change


2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election, Results by electoral area, Braid
2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2014-2019 Change: TUV and Alliance gain one seat each from DUP and Sinn Féin


2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election, Results by electoral area, Carrick Castle
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2014-2019 Change: UUP and Alliance gain one seat each from Independent and UKIP


2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election, Results by electoral area, Coast Road
2014: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x TUV2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2014-2019 Change: DUP gains one seat from TUV


2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election, Results by electoral area, Knockagh
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent2014-2019 Change: Independent gains one seat from UUP


2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election, Results by electoral area, Larne Lough
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from UUP


2019 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2019 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Sprenger Stadium in Avon, Ohio. The winner of the tournament, Central Michigan, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2019 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top six teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament with the top two seeds each receiving a single bye.


2019 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mid-American Conference held from November 3 through November 10, 2019. The quarterfinals were held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Mickey Cochrane Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio, home of the Bowling Green Falcons, the highest remaining seed in the tournament following the quarterfinal matches. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Bowling Green Falcons were the defending champions, and they successfully defended their title with a 3–1 penalty shootout win over the Eastern Michigan in the final. The title was the fourth for the Bowling Green women's soccer program and the second for head coach Matt Fannon.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season
The 2019 Mid-American Conference football season was the 74th season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). and is part of the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will begin on August 29 and will end on November 30. The entire schedule was released on February 20, 2019. The MAC Championship Game will be held on December 7, 2019.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Previous season
in 2018, Northern Illinois won the West Division with a 6–2 Conference record while the Buffalo won the East Division with a 7–1 Conference record. Northern Illinois defeated Buffalo in the MAC Championship Game.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Preseason, Preseason Poll
The MAC Preseason Poll will be released at the MAC Media Day On July 23, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Preseason, Preseason Poll, MAC Championship
Ohio received 13 votes as the predicted 2019 MAC Championship Game winner. Toledo (7); Western Michigan (2); Northern Illinois (1) and Central Michigan (1) also received votes.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaching changes
There will be three new head coaches in MAC for the 2019 season.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaching changes
Mike Jinks was fired and replaced by Scot Loeffler at Bowling Green.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaching changes
John Bonamego was fired and replaced by Jim McElwain at Central Michigan.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaching changes
Rod Carey left Northern Illinois for Temple and was replaced by Thomas Hammock.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Schedule, Regular season
The Regular season will begin on August 29 and will end on November 30


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Mid-American vs other conferences, Mid-American vs Power 5 matchups
This is a list of games the MAC has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, BYU, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Mid-American vs other conferences, Mid-American vs Group of Five matchups
The following games include MAC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, Mountain or Sun Belt.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Mid-American vs other conferences, Mid-American vs FBS independents matchups
The following games include MAC  teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Postseason, Bowl games
Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. MAC teams shown in bold.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Awards and honors, MAC Individual Awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mid-American Conference football coaches at the end of the season


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Americans
The 2019 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo! ).


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Americans
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.


2019 Mid-American Conference football season, NFL Draft
The following list includes all MAC players who were drafted in the 2020 NFL draft.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season
The 2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season will be the 27th season of men's varsity soccer in the Mid-American Conference.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season
Akron enters the season as the conference tournament champions. West Virginia enters the season as the defending conference regular season champions.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, Background, Previous season
The 2018 season was the 26th season of men's varsity soccer in the Mid-American Conference. Akron won the 2018 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament against Western Michigan. With the MAC Tournament title, Akron earned an automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. MAC regular season champions, West Virginia, earn an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. West Virginia and Akron were unseeded in the tournament meaning both programs began in the first round.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, Background, Previous season
In the tournament, West Virginia advanced past LIU Brooklyn before losing in Georgetown in the second round. Akron reached the NCAA College Cup for the second consecutive season, and for the sixth time in program history. This came after defeating Rider, Syracuse, Wake Forest, three-time defending champions Stanford, and Michigan State. In the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Akron lost to Maryland, 0–1 off of a penalty kick from Amar Sejdič.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, Background, Coaching changes
Ahead of the 2019 season, SIUE head coach Mario Sanchez was hired by professional soccer club, Louisville City FC. Cale Wassermann was hired to replace Sanchez.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason national polls
The preseason national polls were released in July and August 2019. United Soccer Coaches, Soccer America, and TopDrawer Soccer have a Top 25 poll, while College Soccer News has a Top 30 poll.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, Regular season, Early season tournaments
Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, MAC Tournament
The 2019 MAC Tournament was held from November 12–17, 2019.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament
The NCAA Tournament will begin in November 2019 and conclude on December 17, 2019.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, Rankings, Regional rankings - USC North Region
The United Soccer Coaches' North Region includes teams from the Mid-American Conference, the Big Ten Conference, and the Horizon League.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, 2020 MLS Draft
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be held in January 2020.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players
The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.


2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.


2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 15 and ended on May 18, 2019 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, FL. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. The winner, Florida A&M, claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Bethune-Cookman had claimed sixteen of the prior twenty tournament championships, with North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 and 2018 titles, Florida A&M winning in 2015, and Savannah State in 2013.


2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The top three teams in the North and South Division were seeded one through three based on regular season records, with first round matchups of the second seed from the North and the third seed from the South, and the second seed from the South and the third seed from the North. The winners advanced in the winners' bracket, while first round losers played elimination games. The top seed from each division earned a first round bye.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split, the first part of season 9 of the game's competitive scene.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational
Each of the 13 premier League of Legends leagues have a team representing them; Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK) and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues will compete among each other in the Play-in Stage with the top three teams advancing to join the main event Group Stage.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational
The tournament was hosted in Vietnam and Taiwan from 1 to 19 May 2019. Matches of the play-in were held in the VCS Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, matches of the group stage were held in the Vietnam National Convention Center in Hanoi, and playoffs took place in the Heping Basketball Center in Taipei.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational
G2 Esports from Europe defeated Team Liquid from North America 3–0 in the final and brought the region its first MSI championship.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Qualified teams and roster, Qualified teams
Number of regions is decreased from 14 of last year to 13, due to the merger of two professional leagues at the North (LLN) and the South (CLS) of Latin America into a single league (LLA) since 2019. The format is based on the 2017 MSI.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Qualified teams and roster, Qualified teams
Based on the Regional results of the MSI and the World Championship in the two years prior (2017 and 2018), three teams from Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) begin in the main group stage; two teams from North America (LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) begin in the second round of the play-in stage; and the eight remaining teams begin in the first round of the play-in stage. Loser teams in the second round will play in a third final main group stage qualifying round.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Venues
Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Taipei were the three cities chosen to host the tournament.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Play-in stage, Round 1
Only two teams of each pool is drawn into a group. Double Round Robin. First place teams from each group advance to Round 2.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Play-in stage, Round 2
Team Liquid plays against Group A 1st-place. Flash Wolves plays against Group B 1st-place. Winners of the series advance to Group stage. Losers will be dropped to Round 3.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Play-in stage, Round 3
Winner of the series advances to Group stage. Loser is eliminated.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Play-in stage, Round 3
VCS of Vietnam gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Group stage
Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to the knock-out stage. Bottom 2 teams are eliminated.


2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Group stage
China, South Korea, Europe and North America get pool 1 in Main Group Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship for Summer Split winner. TW/HK/MO and Vietnam get pool 2.


2019 Middle East Rally Championship
The 2019 Middle East Rally Championship was an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship was to be contested over five events held in five Middle East countries from March to November. One event, the Cyprus Rally, is shared with the 2019 European Rally Championship. The season-ending Kuwait International Rally was cancelled.


2019 Middle East Rally Championship
Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah won his fifteenth MERC championship and his ninth consecutively. Al-Attiyah won all four rallies contested. Fellow Qatari driver Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari was second in the championship but scored less than half the points Al-Attiyah scored. Al-Kuwari was second in Qatar and Jordan but would score only four points for the rest of the season. Kuwaiti driver Meshari Al-Thefiri was again third in the championship.


2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
The 2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Raiders played their home games at the Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by fourteenth-year head coach Rick Stockstill.


2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Preseason, CUSA media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Blue Raiders predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.


2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Schedule
Middle Tennessee announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season.


2019 Middlesbrough Borough Council election
The 2019 Middlesbrough Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Middlesbrough Borough Council in England.


2019 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament
The 2019 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament was the men's volleyball tournament for the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association held during the 2019 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 13 through April 20, 2019 at campus sites. The winner received the Association's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.


2019 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament, Seeds
All eight teams are eligible for the postseason, with the highest seed hosting each round. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods
The Midwestern United States experienced major floods in the spring of 2019, primarily along the Missouri River and its tributaries in Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota, Iowa, and Kansas. The Mississippi River also saw flooding, although starting later and ending earlier. The 2019 January-to-May period was the wettest on record for the U.S., with multiple severe weather outbreaks through May in the Midwest, High Plains, and South exacerbating the flooding and causing additional damage. Throughout late May and early June, rain in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri caused every site on the Mississippi River to record a top-five crest. At least three people in Iowa and Nebraska died.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods
Nearly 14 million people in the midwestern and southern states were affected by the flooding, which the New York Times called "The Great Flood of 2019".


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods
New record river levels were set in 42 different locations.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods
Although $12 billion in aid was made "available to farmers who lost money due to the trade war" the previous year, Reuters reported that the USDA had "no program to cover the catastrophic and largely uninsured stored-crop losses from the widespread flooding." In Nebraska, under the banner “Nebraska Strong”, private fundraisers popped up across the state to help ease the financial strain, as well as offers to donate supplies, house livestock, or donate farming supplies lost. The largest private fundraiser came from Alex Stepanek of St. Paul, Nebraska who raised $241,756 through a Facebook fundraiser.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods
After seeing a post he created bringing attention to the devastation across the state go viral around the world, he created the fundraiser & by the following day had over $100,000. The money was distributed throughout 5 towns, 5 counties, four families who had loved ones die in the flood, & the largest chunk (1/3) went to the Nebraska Farm Bureau to go directly to agriculture & farmer needs.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods
At least 1 million acres of U.S. farmland, in nine major grain producing states flooded.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods
On September 17, 2019, a third round of flooding along the Missouri River was considered likely, due to heavy rains of up to "four times what is normal in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska."


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods
On October 28, 2019, it was predicted that the prolonged Missouri River flooding, which lasted as long as seven months in some locations, could continue all winter, with no end in sight.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods
On December 16, 2019, the prolonged Missouri River flooding in the Kansas City district was declared officially over.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Causes
From January until early March, average temperatures in the Midwest remained in the low 20 to 30 average degree Fahrenheit range, with record snowfall in many areas, including the early March blizzard, up to three feet on the ground in some areas. In Nebraska, over the course of three days (March 11 – 13), temperatures rose to 60 degrees Fahrenheit, combined with 1.5 inches of rain. This quickly melted the snow, and the frozen ground was not able to absorb any meaningful amount, which led to unprecedented runoff into local streams and rivers.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Causes
Saturated soils, combined with elevated river flow from the previous fall, led to severe, widespread flooding across the middle of the United States. Many of the rivers were still frozen over with a thick layer of ice, which the powerful flow of water broke up and dislodged, creating massive chunks of ice that traveled downstream, acting like a plow.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Causes
As of September 17, 2019, a third round of flooding along the Missouri River was considered likely, due to heavy rains of up to "four times what is normal in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska."


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Illinois
Illinois was affected by the flooding, and the Illinois National Guard was activated to assist with the efforts along the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. The Illinois National Guard was released from flood fighting duties on July 29, 2019.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Illinois
The river crest in Grafton was the fourth highest ever recorded. Cairo experienced over 156 days with waters above flood stage.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Illinois
In March, record flooding occurred on segments of the Rock and Pecatonica Rivers, and minor to moderate flooding occurred on the Fox, Des Plaines, Kankakee and Illinois Rivers. The Pecatonica River, which has flooded seven times since May 2017, flooded again in October, along with other Chicago area rivers including the Fox River and the Rock River. Freeport is seeking funding to buy out flood-prone homes.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa
Iowa was also affected by heavy rains and flooding. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed an emergency disaster proclamation March 14. One man was killed in Iowa.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa
Parts of all nine state parks were closed. Standing water from the spring floods was still present near Iowa roads in mid September.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa
Governor Reynolds estimated the damage at $1.6 billion, a state record. Reynolds asked the president to declare a disaster in 67 counties.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa
A website was established, , to help residents apply for assistance, report hazards, check on levee and road status, and access areas with closed roads.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa, Western Iowa
Western Iowa suffered severe impacts, especially in the Missouri River Valley south of Council Bluffs. There, at least 30 levee failures flooded towns and highways.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa, Western Iowa
In Hamburg, two-thirds of the town was underwater when the bomb cyclone hit. The town lost sewage and gas services, according to city officials. The town's levee, which was in need of repair, was breached. Residents had been unable to raise the $5 million for necessary repairs before the storm, despite releasing a 2012 flash mob YouTube video of residents dancing "on Main Street, singing "Levee. Levee. Save us from the river." to the tune of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary."


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa, Western Iowa
Floodwaters damaged the water treatment plant in Glenwood. On April 5, the city of Glenwood was still "trucking in more than 6,000-gallon tanks of water to provide the roughly 275,000 gallons its residents ... [ were] using each day."


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa, Western Iowa
On April 11, hundreds of homes in Fremont County were still evacuated, and road closures remained in place. Satellite images from the Weather Channel showed the town of Bartlett almost completely underwater. Fremont County farmers lost an estimated "390,000 bushels of stored soybeans and about 1.2 million bushels of stored corn."


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa, Western Iowa
One homeowner in McPaul had to wait 180 days for floodwater to drain; the home flooded again five days later. The McPaul exit off of Interstate 29 was still closed in early October, and standing water was visible.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa, Western Iowa
43% of flooded homeowners in Pacific Junction, other parts of rural Mills County, and Hamburg expressed interest in federal buyouts, which have a partial funding match from the Iowa Flood Mitigation Board.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa, Eastern Iowa
In Eastern Iowa, the Quad Cities spent 96 days with the Mississippi above flood stage levels. In Burlington, the Mississippi rose above its banks for more than 104 days, surpassing its 1993 record.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa, Eastern Iowa
The Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI) estimated over 2 billion dollars in flood damage.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa, Road closures
Interstate 29 was closed in March, and again in May, from Council Bluffs to the Missouri state border and from there to St. Joseph, Missouri, with portions of the interstate under 15 ft (4.6 m) of water.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Iowa, Road closures
On September 20, sections of Interstate-680 and Interstate 29 were once again closed due to Missouri River flooding. Some of the standing water by Iowa roads had been there since the spring floods.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Missouri
The entire community of Craig, as well as parts of St. Joseph were evacuated, and portions of Interstate 29 were under 15 feet (4.6 metres) of water. On March 21, a state of emergency was issued by Governor Mike Parson, who said:


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Missouri
The rising floodwaters are affecting more Missouri communities and farms, closing more roads and threatening levees, water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure. We will continue to work closely with our local partners to assess needs and provide resources to help as Missourians continue this flood fight and as we work to assist one another.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Missouri
In Holt County, about 30,000 acres (12,140 hectares) of the 95,000 acres (38,445 hectares) that flooded in spring 2019 were still underwater in late October, leading to concerns of the floodwater freezing during the winter. Corning had flooded more than once by November.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Nebraska
On March 14, 2019, the Spencer Dam on the Niobrara River collapsed, releasing an eleven-foot wall of water. The unrestrained flooding which followed destroyed three bridges downstream, including the Highway 281 bridge.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Nebraska
In east central Nebraska, residents along the flooded Missouri, Platte and Elkhorn Rivers were forced to evacuate as some locals experienced all-time record flooding. The city of Norfolk evacuated a third of its residents. The Platte and Elkhorn Rivers had overflowed their levees in the greater Omaha region and some communities were put under a mandatory evacuation order. The Platte River at numerous sites had reached flooding of "historical proportions" with some sites breaking all-time record flood levels by as much as 5 feet (1.5 m). By March 15, access to the city of Fremont was blocked due to all roads being closed in and out of the city. This remained the case days later with national guard military convoys being set up to get food and other supplies into the city.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Nebraska
Offutt Air Force Base had extensive flooding from the Platte River, inundating 30 buildings and 3,000 ft (910 m) of their only runway. The base received damage that was said to "not be repaired for months", which caused some events to be moved back. Camp Ashland, one of the Nebraska National Guard’s main training sites, was also extensively damaged, with 51 of 62 buildings affected. Military representatives stated that the flooding is the worst that the camp has seen in its history, including a serious flood from 2015 that cost 3.7 million in repairs. It took several months to clean and repair the facility to support scaled back operations, with more extensive rebuilding efforts ongoing for the next several years.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Nebraska
Thirty of the one hundred homes in Lynch were destroyed by the flood.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Nebraska
On March 18, Nebraska governor Pete Ricketts declared a state of emergency and stated that the floods caused "[t]he most extensive damage our state has ever experienced."


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Nebraska
Flood damage in Nebraska has been estimated at over $1.3 billion, including "$449 million in damage to roads, levees and other infrastructure." Twenty seven bridges were damaged.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Nebraska
Agricultural damages included "$440 million in crop losses; and $400 million in cattle losses." Livestock losses included seven hundred hogs that were drowned on a farm near Fremont. Volunteers from Ohio’s Rural America Relief mounted a 10 truck convoy to North Bend with supplies for farm cleanup, "including four Gators to access the saturated fields." After the 2011 Missouri River Flood, "it took years for some affected fields to be cleaned of debris and sand," according to a Nebraska DOT official." Nebraska agronomists stress the importance of choosing appropriate cover crops for flooded fields which can not be replanted.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, Nebraska
The University of Nebraska announced Flood Recovery Serviceships with the Nebraska Disaster Recovery Service Corps, sending 24 students to affected communities.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, North Dakota
Widespread spring flooding "damaged homes, public infrastructure, hundreds of roads and thousands of acres of farmland in 19 counties in western, south central and eastern North Dakota," and resulted in $16.6 million in federal funds and state loans.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, North Dakota
On October 21, 2019, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum declared a statewide flood emergency, as "unprecedented fall flooding" and rising river levels threatened the harvest. North Dakota Agricultural Commissioner Doug Goehring said, "We probably have in western Minnesota and North Dakota about two billion dollars worth of soybeans that are sitting in water or at least in conditions which may not allow producers to get out there and get them anytime soon."


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, South Dakota
In March 2019, a powerful blizzard dumped up to two feet of snow in South Dakota, followed by rapidly warming temperatures that left flooding in its wake. Some residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation were stranded for days, and about 8,000 people lost drinking water. High water on the Moreau River prompted evacuations on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Pennington County approved a local disaster declaration as a result of a bridge collapse and other damage.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, South Dakota
In September 2019, "heavy rains dumped more than four times what is normal in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska."


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, South Dakota
Between September 12–15, 2019, the Big Sioux River overflowed its banks. Three blocks of Dell Rapids, South Dakota were flooded, and up to a dozen homes damaged. Bridges were washed out in Mitchell, which received 7 inches of rain in one night. Interstate 90 was shut down between Mitchell and Sioux Falls. Baltic, South Dakota was only accessible via Highway 115. Non -residents were urged to avoid Dell Rapids, Baltic, and Renner until the floods cleared. In Madison, "about 30 people had to be rescued by boats and heavy equipment," after nine inches of rain fell in just two days. Schools in Spencer were closed for two days, and streets were submerged.


2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, Damage, South Dakota
On September 17, residents of Dakota Dunes, a development sandwiched between the Big Sioux River and the Missouri River, were encouraged to evacuate as a precaution due to heavy rains, with peak waters expected the following Tuesday."


2019 Mie gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the next Governor of Mie.


2019 Milano–Torino
The 2019 Milano–Torino was the 100th edition of the Milano–Torino cycling classic. It was held on 9 October 2019 over a distance of 179 km (111 mi) between Magenta and Turin. The race was rated as a 1.HC event on the 2019 UCI Europe Tour. The race was won by Canadian rider Michael Woods of EF Education First.


2019 Milan–San Remo
The 2019 Milan–San Remo was the 110th edition of the Milan–San Remo one-day Italian road cycling race that took place on 23 March 2019. It was the eighth event of the 2019 UCI World Tour, and was the first Monument of the year. The race was won in the sprint by Julian Alaphilippe before Oliver Naesen and the winner of the 2017 race  Michal Kwiatkowski.


2019 Milex Open
The 2019 Milex Open was a professional tennis tournament played on green clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic between 7 and 13 October 2019.


2019 Milex Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Milex Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Milex Open – Doubles
Leander Paes and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela were the defending champions but only Reyes-Varela chose to defend his title, partnering Marcelo Arévalo. Reyes-Varela lost in the semifinals to Orlando Luz and Luis David Martínez.


2019 Milex Open – Doubles
Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar won the title after defeating Luz and Martínez 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [12–10] in the final.


2019 Milex Open – Singles
Cristian Garín was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Milex Open – Singles
Juan Pablo Varillas won the title after defeating Federico Coria 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 in the final.


2019 Military Bowl
The 2019 Military Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2019, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 12th edition of the Military Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by defense contractor Northrop Grumman, the game was officially known as the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman.


2019 Military Bowl, Teams
The game was played between the North Carolina Tar Heels from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Temple Owls from the American Athletic Conference (The American). It was the first time that North Carolina and Temple have played against each other.


2019 Military Bowl, Teams, North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina entered the game with a 6–6 record (4–4 in conference). The Tar Heels finished in a three-way tie for third place in the ACC's Coastal Division. North Carolina won its first two games, lost six of the next eight, then finished the regular season with two wins.


2019 Military Bowl, Teams, Temple Owls
Temple entered the game with an 8–4 record (5–3 in conference). The Owls finished in third place in the East Division of The American. Temple played four ranked teams during the 2019 season, recording wins against Maryland and Memphis while losing to SMU and Cincinnati.


2019 Military World Games
The 2019 Military World Games (Chinese: 2019年世界军人运动会; pinyin: 2019 nián shìjiè jūnrén yùndònghuì), officially known as the 7th CISM Military World Games (Chinese: 第七届世界军人运动会; pinyin: dì qī jiè shìjiè jūnrén yùndònghuì) and commonly known as Wuhan 2019, was held from October 18–27, 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China.


2019 Military World Games
The 7th Military World Games was the first international military multisport event to be held in China and also the largest military sports event ever to be held in China, with 9,308 athletes from 109 countries competing 329 events in 27 sports. The multisport event included 25 official and 2 demonstrative sports. Six sport disciplines such as badminton, tennis, table tennis, women's boxing and men's gymnastics made their debuts in the event.


2019 Military World Games
It was also the second biggest international sport event to be held in the year 2019 in China after hosting the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The Games were organized by the Military Sports Commission of China, Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China and the military commands (Army in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the International Sports Federations. For the first time in the history of the Military World Games, an Olympic village was set up for the athletes prior to the commencement of the Games. The village was officially opened for the athletes following the flag-raising ceremony.


2019 Military World Games
Host nation China sent a delegation consisting of 553 participants for the games, which marked the record number of participants to represent a nation at a single Military World Games. Around 230,000 volunteers were recruited for the event to be staged in China.


2019 Military World Games, Bidding
Following the conclusion of the 2015 Military World Games, China won the bid to host the Games for the first time in 2015.


2019 Military World Games, Venues
The event was held in 35 venues. The Wuhan Sports Center hosted a soccer competition for both men and women held from October 16-27.


2019 Military World Games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on 18 October 2019 and the event was officially opened by the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping. An extravaganza titled "Torch of Peace" was performed during the opening ceremony highlighting the main motto of the event.


2019 Military World Games, Opening ceremony
Prior to the opening ceremony, a light show was set to be staged in the Yangtze River in Wuhan. It featured a screen made up of millions of small LED lights installed on bridges and buildings along the bank of the Yangtze River. The torch relay for the event was held on 16 October 2019 with the participation of 100 torchbearers. Liao Hui, 2008 Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting began the torch rally while hammer thrower Zhang Wenxiu concluded the torch relay. Flag raising ceremony was also held on 16 October 2019.


2019 Military World Games, Mascot
The emblem and mascot along with the website were unveiled on 24 November 2017 by Ministry of National Defense of China. The mascot, named Bingbing, was designed based on the Chinese sturgeon.


2019 Military World Games, Marketing
An online store and 21 franchised retail stores were newly opened in order to promote the sales of licensed items.


2019 Military World Games, Records
On 20 October 2019, China's Lu Pinpin broke the world record in the women's 500 m obstacle swimming course classified under the military pentathlon with a record timing of 2 minutes and 10.9 seconds.


2019 Military World Games, Records
Overall, 82 records were broken during the nine day multisport event.


2019 Military World Games, Controversies, Cheating
China's orienteering teams originally captured a gold and a silver medal in women as well as a silver in men, but were all disqualified by the International Orienteering Federation after it was found out that they had been cheating through access to secretly marked paths and received external assistance thus gaining major unfair advantage over other competitors. A common protest was also held by the competitors from Russia, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Poland and Austria accusing the Chinese team for gaining major unfair advantage in the competition.


2019 Military World Games, Controversies, COVID-19 conspiracy theories
During the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories emerged in China that the virus originated in the United States and was brought to China by an American participant in the Military World Games. One version of the conspiracy theory states that the virus was created by the CIA. A Chinese government official supported and help spread one of the conspiracy theories. Athletes Élodie Clouvel and Matteo Tagliariol were often quoted as claiming they developed a severe illness around the time they attended the games.


2019 Military World Games, Controversies, COVID-19 conspiracy theories
A U.S. Army athlete who attended the games was accused of being "patient zero" of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, and was harassed on social media, despite never having symptoms or testing positive. A coronavirus public health exercise in the United States called Event 201 was held at the same time as the games, and this is sometimes cited by conspiracy theorists as further evidence of misconduct.


2019 Military World Games, Participating nations
It was reported that 109 nations took part in the event including athletes from Russia. In September 2019, the International Association of Athletics Federation approved athletes from Russia with the Authorized National Athlete (ANA) status to take part at the event. However the All Russia Athletics Federation remained silent on the participation of Russian athletes. The State of Palestine participated in the event, however, Israel did not.


2019 Military World Games, Medal table
Note: Para Athletics, Para Archery, Gymnastics, Tennis and three Senior Triathlon events not counted in medal table.


2019 Milton Keynes Council election
The 2019 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Milton Keynes Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Milton Keynes Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2019 Milton Keynes Council election, Ward Results
Changes in percentage of vote share are compared with when these seats were last up for election in 2015.


2019 Milton by-election
Elections to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council for the Milton Ward took place on 21 March 2019.


2019 Milton by-election, Background
The Milton by-election was called after the unfortunate death of incumbent Labour councillor Julian Ware-Lane in January, who was up for re-election in 2020. The Independents in Southend who work together under Ron Woodley, announced they would not stand a candidate in respect of Mr Ware-Lanes death.


2019 Milwaukee Brewers season
The 2019 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 50th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 22nd in the National League, and 51st overall. On September 25, the Brewers clinched a playoff spot in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1982. They were defeated by the eventual World Series champions Washington Nationals in the Wild Card Game.


2019 Milwaukee Brewers season, Farm system
The Brewers' farm system consisted of nine minor league affiliates in 2019. They operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Cleveland Indians.


2019 Mini Challenge UK
The 2019 Mini Challenge season was the eighteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 20 April at Oulton Park and ended on 20 October at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. The season featured thirteen rounds across the UK.


2019 Mini Challenge UK, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first 34 positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. There were bonus points awarded for Pole Position where bonus points are awarded to the 6 fastest laps in and will score points from 6 to 1 in the order 6–5–4–3–2–1 and Fastest Lap where bonus points are awarded to the 6 fastest laps in and will score points from 6 to 1 in the order 6–5–4–3–2–1.


2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Gophers played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by third-year head coach P. J. Fleck.


2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Minnesota was projected to finish in sixth place in the Big Ten West Division by the preseason media poll. Instead, Minnesota had its most successful season in over 50 years. The Gophers won their first nine games of the year, punctuated with a home win over then-No. 4 Penn State, and rose to eighth in the College Football Playoff rankings. They suffered their first loss of the year the next week on the road against Iowa. In the final game of the regular season, in a game that decided the West Division, Minnesota lost to rival Wisconsin, 38–17.


2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The team was invited to the Outback Bowl to play then-No. 12 Auburn, where Minnesota won by a score of 31–24. Minnesota ended the season with a record of 11–2, their 11 wins being the school's most since 1904. They were ranked 10th in the final AP Poll of the season, their first ranked finish since 2003, and highest finish since 1962.


2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The Gophers' offense was led by redshirt sophomore quarterback Tanner Morgan, who had 3,253 passing yards and 30 touchdowns, and was named second-team All-Big Ten. Wide receivers Rashod Bateman and Tyler Johnson both finished with more than 1,200 yards and were both named first-team all-conference. Running back Rodney Smith finished in third in the conference with 1,163 yards. The defense was led by first-team all-conference safety Antoine Winfield Jr., who led the team in tackles and had seven interceptions on the year. Head coach P. J. Fleck was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year by the other coaches.


2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Previous season
The Golden Gophers finished the 2018 season 7–6, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish tied for fifth place in the West Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl, where they defeated Georgia Tech.


2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Preseason, Preseason Big Ten poll
Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2019 poll, Minnesota was projected to finish in sixth in the West Division.


2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, South Dakota State
Down 1, the Gophers won the game with a short TD run by Mohamed Ibrahim and a two point conversion late in the 4th Quarter to win 28–21.


2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, vs. Auburn (Outback Bowl)
Despite losing an opportunity to go to the BIG 10 Championship and a shot at the Rose Bowl, the Gophers would earn a spot in the Outback Bowl on New Year's Day against the Auburn Tigers,  the first ever meeting between the two teams. The game would be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida. Auburn had impressive victories in their season, beating the Pac-12 champion Oregon Ducks in Texas to open the season and more recently knocking off the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Iron Bowl.


2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, vs. Auburn (Outback Bowl)
The game was a back and forth affair with both teams trading field goals then touchdowns to make it 10–10 after the 1st Quarter. The lone Gopher 1st quarter touchdown came from Mohamed Ibrahim on a 16 yard TD run. About midway through the second, Seth Green found offensive lineman Bryce Witham in the end zone to give the Gophers a 17–10 lead, their first lead of the game.


2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, vs. Auburn (Outback Bowl)
After Bo Nix connected with Sal Cannella for a 37 yard score, the Gophers would end the half with a drive that ultimately ended with an impressive Tyler Johnson touchdown reception to give them a 24–17 lead. Auburn would score the only points of the 3rd Quarter as Jordan Whitlow ran a touchdown in from three yards out. Finally, Tyler Johnson finished his final collegiate game with a 73 yard touchdown catch and run in the 4th Quarter to give Minnesota the lead. It would be the deciding score as the Gophers stopped the Tigers on their final drive to win the Outback Bowl 31–24.